After the election I received a provocative letter from my friend and mentor Bill Connolly, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Political Science at Johns Hopkins and author of Aspirational Fascism: The Struggle for Multifaceted Democracy under Trumpism. Bill has had a long and distinguished career in academia—and in activism. As a graduate student at Michigan he helped […]
After Mitch McConnell’s coup: Democratizing the Court, Democratizing America
The Supreme Court is a major force adding to systematic injustice
Men’s Bodies and the Politics of Abortion
(Informed Comment) – Regardless of one’s evaluation of his overall performance, Judge Brett Kavanaugh merits an A for his ability to sidestep or evade questions on any controversial issue. I get the impression that he spent hours practicing non-answer answers to a familiar battery of anticipated questions. Whether these evasions will continue to work in […]
Let’s Keep Russia’s Hack in Perspective: It isn’t an Excuse for Nuclear Sabre-Rattling
(Informed Comment) – Rhetorical overkill is the order of the day. Russian agents or freelancers were one of many who hacked this and past elections In an election as close as this was, any number of interveners legal or illegal could nave made the difference. Nor have most corporate media asked if Russian hacking is […]
Not Extreme: Sanders’ and Ocasio-Cortez’s Leftism has been core to the Democratic Party
Many positions viewed as “extreme” by beltway pundits today were mainstream through much of the 20th century
Look Deeper: Child Detention and the US’s Paramilitary Politics Abroad
Throughout Central America extreme inequality along with ruthless and repressive governments have led to a pathological politics
Lost in the debate on Iran: Israel’s Nukes and the Vanunu Case
The Israeli nuclear weapons program, in all likelihood the second most substantial and sophisticated in the world
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